Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract: Charles Hickman Titus (1896-1965) taught at Whitman College and Stanford before coming to teach at UCLA in 1927. He was an
expert on American political theory and studied U.S. voting habits. During World War II, Titus served as a lieutenant colonel
in the U.S. Signal Corps in New Guinea and Australia. The collection consists of Titus' personal and professional papers and
papers relating to Hickman's father, grandfather, and related families.

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language:
English.

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Titus was born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1896; received BA (1920), MA (1921), and Ph.D (1927) at Stanford; taught at Whitman College
and Stanford before coming to teach at UCLA in 1927; was an expert on American political theory and studied U.S. voting habits;
achieved fame as a teacher through unorthodox views and challenging students to re-evaluate basic tenets; served as a lieutenant
colonel in the U.S. Signal Corps in New Guinea and Australia during World War II; retired from teaching at UCLA in 1963; died
of a heart attack in Victorville, California, on October 20, 1965.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of personal and professional papers of former UCLA political science professor Charles Hickman Titus.
Also contains papers relating to Hickman's father, grandfather, and related families.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.